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Positive Thinking Quotes

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A man is but the product of his thoughts. What he thinks, he becomes. ~ Mahatma Ghandi

If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way
you think about it. ~ Mary Engelbreit

They can because they think they can. ~ Virgil

Optimism is essential to achievement and is also the foundation of courage and of true progress. ~ Nicholas Murray Butler

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy. ~ George Foreman

Work joyfully and peacefully, knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitable bring about right results. ~ James Allen

If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. ~ Swami Vivekananda

It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. ~ Robert H. Schuller

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible. ~ Henry Ford

What I am suggesting is that each of us turn from the negativism that permeates our society and look for the remarkable good among those with whom we associate, that we speak of one another’s virtues more than we speak of one another’s faults, that optimism replace pessimism, that our faith exceed our fears. When I was a young man and was prone to speak critically, my father would say: “Cynics do not contribute, skeptics do not create, doubters do not achieve. ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. ~ Winston Churchill

A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder
drug. ~ Patricia Neal

The basic success orientation is having an optimistic attitude. ~ John DePasquale

Our minds can shape the way a thing will be because we act according to our expectations. ~ Federico Fellini

Man is what he believes. ~ Anton Chekhov

These then are my last words to you. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. ~ William James

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. ~ Henri Matisse

We must dare to think unthinkable thoughts. ~ James W. Fulbright

Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness. ~ Oprah Winfrey

You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?" ~ George Bernard Shaw

When you wholeheartedly adopt a "with all your heart" attitude and go out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things. ~ Norman Vincent Peale

Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy. ~ Anne Frank

In the long run, the pessimist may be proved to be right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip. ~ Daniel L. Reardon

There is little difference in people, but that little difference makes a big difference. The little difference is attitude. The big difference is whether it is positive or negative. ~ W. Clement Stone

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ~ Herm Albright

When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking. ~ Albert Einstein

When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn. ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Our belief at the beginning of a doubtful undertaking is the one thing that ensures the successful outcome of our venture. ~ William James

To begin to think with purpose is to enter the ranks of those strong ones who only recognize failure as one of the pathways to attainment. ~ James Allen

Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create that fact. ~ William James

You can give in to the failure messages and be a bitter deadbeat of excuses. Or you can choose to be happy and positive and excited about life. ~ A.L. Williams

It doesn't hurt to be optimistic. You can always cry later. ~ Lucimar Santos de Lima

Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so shall you become. Your vision is the promise of what you shall at last unveil. ~ John Ruskin

We are what we believe we are. ~ Benjamin N. Cardozo

If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right. ~ Mary Kay Ash

Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. ~ Eddie Rickenbacker